NOVEL NEXT Chapter 172 - Teenager\\\'s Choice
When Hongdou saw Bai Nansheng, he was so happy that he called out to his second uncle with a sob voice…
Bai Nansheng dislocated the dog man’s wrist. He couldn’t close the scene for a while, so he asked other passengers to call the marshals to deal with the matter.
The dog man naturally denied it in every possible way, but in the end, he was dragged out of the car by the marshals.
Bai Nansheng took the red beans to the dining car and spent two yuan to buy a bowl of noodle soup. Only then did the uncle and nephew have a seat.
Hongdou exclaimed, “A bowl of noodle soup costs 2 yuan! We only need 1.51 bowls in the cafeteria of our compound!”
Bai Nansheng frowned, “then go back and stand?”
Red Bean stuck out his tongue and didn’t dare to say a word.
After a while, she couldn’t help but asked Bai Nansheng, “Second uncle, where did you get on the bus? Did you see me early in the morning? Did you see that old woman grab my seat and bully me? Did it? Or, did you see that kid grab my marinated eggs and chicken feet?”
“Second uncle, where are you going on a business trip?”
“Second Uncle, Second Uncle, you haven’t changed at all! That’s why I recognized you at a glance!”
“Second uncle, how did you recognize me after you’ve been away from home for so long?”
“Second uncle is really a coincidence this time. As soon as I went out, something happened and I saw you! I’m so lucky!”
Red beans are like a happy little sparrow, chirping.
Bai Nansheng stared at his niece and looked up and down, “Well! Isn’t it just a coincidence!”
ah this,
Red Bean tilted his head and bit his lower lip.
She was so smart, she heard the teasing in the second uncle’s tone, and then made a bold guess, “Second uncle, could it be that my mother asked you to come?”
Bai Nansheng, “what do you think?”
Red beans understand.
She was ashamed, and her heart was a little sour.
Since I decided to go for a walk alone and take a look…
She was very excited.
I didn’t expect that as soon as I left the house, people were still on the train, and so many bad things happened. I really answered the old saying – being at home is a thousand things, but going out is difficult for a day.
Fortunately, the elders in the family foresaw this in advance, and actually called back the second uncle who was thousands of miles away.
Thinking of this, Hongdou felt a little uneasy, and said embarrassingly: “Second uncle, thank you… Fortunately, you are here.”
Bai Nansheng smiled and said, “You little girl is quite amazing! However, you still lack social experience. It’s alright, I’ll get used to it when I go out more often, but I still have someone to accompany you, so I can rest assured. “
Seeing that Hongdou was a little embarrassed, he comforted the little girl again, “In this world, it’s really difficult for a single girl to go out… Just like your fourth aunt, before she gave birth to a child, so she didn’t move much for two or three years. But in the future She travels back and forth between the capital and the Great Northwest every year, but she certainly won’t travel alone, either with your uncle or with her colleagues…”
Hongdou asked Bai Nansheng again, “Second uncle, when did you get home? Have you seen your grandparents and my parents?”
Bai Nansheng, “the night before yesterday!”
Hongdou understood, “So! You are all hiding from me…”
Bai Nansheng, “then when you talk about what happened to you today, do you want to have a helper? Or do you think you are fine alone? “
red beans:……
She was silent for a while, and finally figured it out, “Second uncle, thank you!”
Bai Nansheng smiled.
He originally wanted to tell Hongdou that he had met Fan Heng at the train station.
Judging from his heart, Bai Nansheng didn’t want Hongdou and Fan Heng to be together.
——Because he could see from that kid’s eyes that Fan Heng was a desperado!
This kind of person is very explosive and tends to go to extremes.
Bai Nansheng is such a person himself, so he knows very well that both he and Fan Heng are desperate for the warmth of the family, but they are by no means a man who is willing to live a normal life and live at home step by step.
Hongdou is young, and the adult men he usually comes into contact with are family members, but every man in the family is very responsible for the family. Fan Heng has a special mysterious temperament to Hongdou that she has never been in contact with. And Fan Heng’s desire for family is what Hongdou likes and is willing to pay for.
Therefore, Bai Nansheng hopes that Hongdou can find a boy who is responsible for the family as a partner.
If Hongdou’s object is Fan Heng, she will have to pay a huge price, and… there may be no return in the family or marriage!
However, Bai Nansheng didn’t tell Hongdou this.
His own marriage was a failure, so he has no right to speak to others.
In the next journey, Hongdou and Bai Nansheng made three chapters:
First, when the uncle and nephew take public transportation such as trains and cars, they do not need to talk or communicate, even if they stay in the same car, but they can talk when they are resting in the hostel.
Second, the uncle and nephew each spend their own money, and the second uncle can’t control how she spends it!
Third, it is up to her to decide which city to go to first, where to go shopping, and what to do.
Of course Bai Nansheng has no opinion.
But it’s only been a day like this…
Red Bean regretted it.
Mainly, it’s hard to find a car wife and wife!
Another is that she thinks the second uncle is very powerful. He said that he can’t contact her when he is on the road. He can really avoid contacting her at all, and he will hide his tracks. There were several times when she thought the second uncle was lost, and cried and cried everywhere to find the second uncle. In the end, the second uncle couldn’t stand it anymore, so she took the initiative to ask her what was wrong…
Red beans are very ashamed.
Then she asked the second uncle to arrange the itinerary.
And then, the red bean turned into a happy little sparrow.
——When driving on the road, she would ramble about the things that happened at home when the second uncle was not at home for so many years, every single thing that happened to the second uncle in detail.
——After arriving in the city, she went shopping with her second uncle, and the second uncle paid for what she wanted to eat and buy.
– Eat well during the day and sleep soundly in the guest house at night. Sometimes when the second uncle knocked on the door and called her to get up to drive the car, he couldn’t even call her…
For Bai Nansheng, he is also very happy during these days with Hongdou.
Hongdou is smart, and when he is at home with him, he will not only talk about everyone in the family, but also subconsciously say more about him.
So he knew… It turned out that the family was really not what he imagined. Because of his long absence, his feelings for him faded.
It turned out that his father Bai Zhenggan had a tin box, and every time he was paid, Bai Zhenggan would put a piece of banknotes in it.
Hongdou also heard about it from her grandmother Tang Liren. Before, her family helped Bai Nansheng to buy a dilapidated house. Later, it was transformed into a canteen, and now it is slowly getting better. The grandparents discussed and said that a bowl of water should be level, the second child has a house, and the elder must also have a house. But grandpa and grandma didn’t have enough money. Later, grandma took a fancy to a yard and wanted to buy it, but she didn’t have enough money, so she asked grandpa for money.
Grandpa said I have no money.
Grandma said you didn’t save a tin box of money for your second child?
Grandpa said, don’t you say it too, did I give the money to my second child?
Grandma said, I will pay you back later!
In short, later grandparents still bought a villa with a yard for the big house. But whether they have ever used the money in the box, Red Bean does not know.
Bai Nansheng also heard from Hongdou that the house with a yard that his family bought for him has been rented to a canteen, but he still lives in the house on the top floor and the third floor. Tang Liren would come over to clean the house every two days, and she always put some fried pecans there, saying that it was Nan Sheng’s favorite.
She also kept the old clothes that Bai Nansheng left there, and washed them once a month, ready to put them on as soon as Nansheng came back…
But the second uncle never came back, so Tang Liren had to sit on the rooftop on the third floor every time she finished cleaning the room, eating up the pecans she brought back last time.
Hearing this, Bai Nansheng’s eyes were red.
——He went back in a hurry that day, and he did see that the room was cleaned. In the wardrobe are his clothes that have been washed and smelled of soap; on the table are fried walnuts, which are fresh and crisp.
It turned out that his parents had always missed him.
Even if he has been gone for a long time, even if he is in his thirties… no longer a child.
Brothers and sisters are always thinking of him. Especially the two married sisters, no matter what good things they have, they always bring them home and never forget them.
It’s no wonder that he always receives strange things sent from home every other day…
Along the way, Hongdou chirped and told Bai Nansheng about the family’s affairs…
After about four or five days, the uncle and nephew finally arrived at Nanling Island.
Taotao’s college classmate Sun Ximei hired a man on a tricycle to hold a sign at the train station, picked up Hongdou and Nansheng, and then took them to Sun Ximei’s house on a tricycle.
Sun Ximei was married and had children. She originally wanted to arrange for Hongdou and Bai Nansheng to live in her house… But her house is also a two-bedroom, one-bedroom house. She and her husband and children live in one room, and her in-laws live in one room.
So Bai Nansheng and Hongdou declined, just had a meal at her house, and then went to the guest house to open two rooms to stay.
Sun Ximei sent her thirteen-year-old nephew to take Bai Nansheng and Hongdou around for two days.
After the two of them got acquainted, they began to play around by themselves.
Nanling Island is a very beautiful place.
But it’s only limited to an island.
Before this, Hongdou had never seen the sea, and now seeing such a magnificent beauty with his own eyes, he couldn’t help but be amazed.
Hongdou and Bai Nansheng also followed the fishermen in small boats to fish in the offshore; followed the fishermen to mend the fishing nets; followed the children of the small fishing village to catch the sea; …and saw a lot of strange sea fish, conch shells, shells and so on…
Hongdou lived in Nanling Island for a whole month.
She is homesick.
So Bai Nansheng bought a lot of gifts and gave them to Sun Ximei to thank her for taking care of her.
Then the uncle and nephew bought a lot of sea goods again. They first went to the railway station to do the check-in, and then said goodbye to Sun Ximei. The two went to battle lightly, and continued to go shopping in the cities pointed by Taotao. After sending the postcard, I went home together.
Along the way, Hongdou and the second uncle are already very familiar, and no longer avoid the second uncle, and have been thinking about it all the time——
“Second uncle, where is Fan Heng now?”
“Fan Heng went to the Great Northwest… The scenery of the Great Northwest is definitely not worse than the seaside, it must be a place where the sky is high and the clouds are low! I really want to go and see it!”
“Second uncle, do you think the sea is beautiful or the beach is beautiful?”
“Second Uncle, it would be great if we could go on a trip together as a family! Also called Fan Heng!”
“I’ve been out for so long, Fan Heng should have returned home, right?”
Bai Nansheng declined to comment.
He and Fan Heng were of the same kind, so he was certain that Fan Heng would not come back.
Maybe, he didn’t go to the Great Northwest at all!
It took the uncle and nephew two days to return the train three times.
Seeing that Hongdou came back safely, the Bai family was overjoyed!
And Hongdou has been out for more than a month, and she misses her family very much… In addition, she lost her mind when she went out, and she talked with her second uncle about family and family affairs all the way, and the stagnation in her heart has long since vanished.
Seeing the elder’s family, Hongdou smiled happily.
The family members were relieved when they saw that the red beans had become lively and lovely again, and felt that Tao Tao’s method was really useful!
However, there are only a few days left for Bai Nansheng’s vacation, and Song Zhi will go abroad next month. In the next two years, the family is unlikely to be reunited.
So Taotao called Lili. While waiting for Lili to rush back from the capital with the child, the family ate and drank the sea for the past few days, and even at Taotao’s suggestion, they went to the barren mountains nearby. I found a picnic on the hillside of Linxi…
A few days later, Lili arrived with the children, and Howard, who was on a business trip, hurried over. The whole family had a reunion dinner, and went to the photo studio to take a family photo, as well as everyone in the family. The members all took single photos, or brothers and sisters, ranked by seniority, and taken photos by each room…
In the end, everyone in the room received a full photo album!
Howard was a busy man and left the next day.
A day later, Bai Nansheng also set off in Tang Liren’s tears and returned to accompany the team.
Hongdou couldn’t help it, and ran to ask Taotao, “Sigu, is there any news from Fan Heng?”
“Yes, I have!”
Taotao showed Hongdou the postcard sent by Fan Heng.
Hongdou looked at them one by one and smiled: “Si Gu, why do you think the postcards he sent back are so good-looking? Hey, these stamps are also good-looking, are they the kind of stamps he bought at the post office? People are so funny! Stamps like this are not suitable for collection after being postmarked…”
“Wow, this is the postmark of Tianqu City, this is… Lan Qun’s postmark, eh? Why is the date on the postmark only one day apart? My God, is he on his way? Why don’t you stop and appreciate it? Let’s take a look at the scenery… Hey, I was lazy when I went to Nanling Island, and I slept until ten o’clock in the morning every day!”
“Why is there still a postmark of Lanfang City? I remember… Sigu, you don’t seem to let him go to Lanfang City? Then why did he go there?”
Later, within a week, Fan Heng sent back another postcard.
Take Tao Tao to Red Bean.
Looking at the red beans, it was sent back from your city?
“Why did he go to Guicheng?” The girl was puzzled. “He has already finished his card, why didn’t he come back directly? And he doesn’t have to go through Guicheng when he comes back, right?”
Three days later, the whole family finished dinner and sat in the living room watching the 7 o’clock news broadcast.
“…Under the leadership of…the broad masses of the people hold high the banner, build socialist modernization, adhere to internal reforms and open to the outside world…”
“Everyone, good evening! According to a report from this station, today…comrades, accompanied by comrades XX, XX, etc., inspected Shencheng…and decided to build the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone…”
Xing Xing stared at the screen of her black-and-white TV, stunned, and murmured, “The new era has finally come!”
Taotao, “What are you talking about! Hand me the fried melon seeds…”
Xing Xing was still staring at the TV, as if she hadn’t heard Tao Tao’s words, her expression seemed to be both happy and sad.
Seeing that the little aunt did not respond, Hongdou quickly took the small box containing the fried melon seeds and handed it to the fourth aunt.
Taotao praised: “Our red beans are still good!” After saying that, she grabbed a handful of fried melon seeds and stuffed them in the hands of red beans.
Hongdou smiled and kowtowed melon seeds with Sigu.
Sudden–
“Knock knock knock!”
Someone knocked on the door, “Secretary Bai? Is Director Tang at home?”
Huangdou ran over to open the door, and came back after a while, still holding newspapers and letters, “Grandpa and Grandma, it’s Grandma Zhao from the next room, saying that she came back from a walk, and stopped by the transmission room to get her family’s newspaper. Helped bring our family’s newspapers and letters.”
Bai Zhenggan, “There should be my half-month talk! Come and take a look at it.”
Bai Dongsheng also said: “Does the Economic Weekly have it? It’s time to arrive… Yes, give it to me.”
Mung Bean and Potato shouted, “Story! Will there be a story?”
A large family lively divided newspapers, magazines and letters.
Taotao received a thick letter. The handwriting on the envelope looked like it belonged to Fan Heng, but the postmark… It was actually sent from Shencheng a week ago?
Tao Tao fell into contemplation.
——The turbulent era has come to an end, and the superiors have begun to carry out reform and opening up. Shencheng was originally a small fishing village. Because it is close to the port city, it will be an experimental city for reform and opening up, and it will be at the forefront of reform and opening up.
But why did Fan Heng go to Shencheng?
Tao Tao opened the envelope.
Inside was a thick letter and a photo of him.
The letter was written to Hongdou.
Tao Tao swept over it roughly and handed it to Red Bean.
Hongdou didn’t notice the letter at first, and was watching the new story meeting with gusto.
Seeing Taotao handing over a stack of letter paper, Hongdou just glanced at it, and immediately handed the story to the younger brothers, took the letter paper that Taotao handed over, and read it carefully.
Anko’s face gradually turned pale.
original–
Before Fan Heng left Songshi, he never thought about going back.
He has made up his mind to break up with Hongdou.
This decision was made on the night Taotao invited him to dinner at Bai’s house…
If the Bai family didn’t love each other so much, maybe he could still be with Hongdou at ease. However, seeing the Bai family getting along, he asked himself… In any case, it is impossible for him to dedicate all his love to his family and his lover like the Bai family did.
He wants to wander and be home to the world. It’s not that he’s being cool, it’s that he… really thinks so.
If Hongdou wanted to be with him, would he have to wander with him for the rest of his life?
But Hongdou is well taken care of by her family, and she is the only girl in the Bai family’s generation, and everyone loves her.
She is the princess in the ivory tower, she should not follow him to eat and sleep, wandering around!
Fan Heng thought about it seriously again—then can he stay as an honest man for the sake of red beans, and from now on, for the sake of three meals a day and to earn money to buy a house with a yard, can he be trapped in the trivial matters of firewood, rice, oil, and salt?
can not.
That……
Fan Heng was in great pain.
After leaving the juvenile management program, he accidentally met the beautiful, kind and lovely Hongdou, who first fell in love with him… and confessed to him generously.
Fan Heng couldn’t believe it, the young lady of the high official’s family would like him, a poor boy who had been in prison?
But the fact is that Hongdou has been insisting in order to be with him and to make her family recognize him. At the same time, she has been encouraging him, and even taught him to study personally, wanting him to change his destiny by passing the college entrance examination.
Can he not love such a kind and positive girl?
He loves red beans.
But what did he do for red beans?
He can’t do anything.
He was just a poor boy.
Fan Heng was already resigned.
But he didn’t know how to tell Red Bean.
In this pure and beautiful relationship, Hongdou is a brave warrior, he is a downright cartilaginous worm and a coward!
He doesn’t deserve red beans, or even…
He felt that his existence and his relationship with Hongdou would make Hongdou no longer perfect!
So when Hongdou’s fourth aunt proposed to let him and Hongdou travel separately, Fan Heng had already made a decision.
——First, take the opportunity to go out alone to calm down.
Do whatever you want.
He first went to Kyoto according to Taotao’s request. After visiting the scenic spots, he went to Professor Fu to pick up the book, hurried to the Northwest, and handed the textbook and registration form to Jiang Hongzhi in person.
Next, he followed Taotao’s instructions and circled several cities in the northwest to complete the check-in task.
In this busy and busy day, Fan Heng found that he lived a very fulfilling and wonderful life. Even if you often have to endure hunger, even if you will meet someone with ulterior motives, you need him to fight wits and courage with each other…
He even often thinks of red beans, imagining that she lives in a beautiful house with bright and beautiful flowers blooming in the courtyard; she takes good care of the family, washes her clothes cleanly, and cooks delicious food for him delicious meal…
In contrast, Fan Heng still prefers now…
A wonderful thing that belongs only to him.
After completing the punch-in task designated by Taotao, Fan Heng had no destination.
When he was watching TV in the waiting hall of the railway station, he found that the TV was overwhelmingly promoting “reform and opening up”, “introducing foreign capital”, “allowing some people to get rich first”, “don’t care about black cats and white cats, those who can catch mice” It’s a good cat”, “Special Economic Zone”…
He was sent by ghosts and gods, and he went to the deep city.
At this time, Shencheng was still a small fishing village, and there was no train even available.
Fan Heng got off the train in Guangcheng, and then went to take a long-distance bus. After experiencing a series of accidents such as selling pigs, road bandits, robbery, and vehicles breaking down, he finally arrived in Shencheng.
To his disappointment, Shencheng was more shabby and poorer than Pine City!
However, it was also crowded with foreigners from all over the world – they were all like Fan Heng. They heard from newspapers, news and radio that Shencheng had become a special economic zone, and they all wanted to come here to see the situation and see if they could Couldn’t find any chance.
Fan Heng also got together with these people, eating and living together.
Obviously, these people, like Fan Heng, were very disappointed to see the shabby and poor Shencheng.
There are also lively people who have started to inquire.
Some people say that Hong Kong City, which is only separated by a river from Shenzhen City, is rich and prosperous. Moreover, the rich in Hong Kong do not ask where they come from, there is gold everywhere, and opportunities are everywhere.
Many people were moved.
Ask again-
There is no serious customs clearance procedures yet, and it is impossible to have an upright and bright past.
Want to go?
Then you can only jump into the sea and swim to the other side when no one notices it!
Another way is to bring dry food and climb over the border line over the mountains. However, whether it’s here or there…it’s all virgin forest, no one knows if there are any man-eating beasts on the mountain, and they can’t tell the direction.
Fan Heng stayed here for a few days.
He watched helplessly as some people jumped into the sea and wanted to swim over… Most of them were arrested by the armed border police, and a few were missing. There are also people who took dry food and walked across the mountains and mountains in another direction, but never came back. I don’t know if it went smoothly. Still dead in the mouth of the beast. And more people returned home sadly with their disappointment in Shencheng.
Fan Heng was very thoughtful and knew that there were many foreigners in his temporary residence, so he started a small business.
At first, I bought flour to make steamed buns and steamed buns. I also tried to go back to Guangcheng and find a underwear manufacturer to buy a sack of defective products, and then sell them to these foreigners… The business is actually quite good.
Later, someone took the initiative to find him, saying that someone brought some small appliances and daily necessities from the port city. Seeing that he was articulate, he wanted him to help him get rid of it.
When Fan Heng left Songshi, he had more than 200 yuan in his hand, and he had been away for more than a month. Of course, he also poured some local specialties, and the money in his hand has been maintained at about 130 to 40 yuan.
After arriving in this dilapidated Shenzhen market, although others despised this dilapidated fishing village, Fan Heng had already turned the money in his hand into 200 yuan in just a few days.
In the process, he met someone who knew everything about “crossing the port”…
Fan Heng thought for a long time and decided to go to Hong Kong City to try his luck.
But the red beans are still waiting for him to go back!
So Fan Heng spent three days and three nights suppressing himself, warning himself to make more money and go back… Go back and buy a house with a yard for Hongdou, let her dress up beautifully, and let her grow flowers in the yard , let her buy what to buy…
But thinking about it like this, Fan Heng is even more eager to go to the rich and prosperous Hong Kong City to see it!
After hesitating for a long time, he wrote a long letter to Hongdou, writing down what he had seen along the way.
At the end of the letter, he wrote in black and white:
“…I decided to go to the other side to take a look and complete the last step of chasing my dreams. Dear Red Bean, when you received this letter, I was not sure if I still existed. If I am lucky, I was thinking at this time. You. If you are unlucky, then please forget me.”
“Hongdou, Xiuxiu is illiterate and doesn’t have many skills for making a living. I’m leaving again, and her life will be very difficult. I’m sorry I have to trouble you to take care of her again. I’ve already sent you three hundred yuan. , in addition to the 200 yuan that you and the fourth aunt returned, please hand over the remaining 100 yuan to her. At the same time, give her a message for me – just treat your brother as dead! Only In this way, if he meets again in the new year, he will have the joy of a new life.”
“…I am very sorry for making such a decision. In the final analysis, it may be because of my poverty, my self-esteem, or because I am not reconciled to the dullness of reality. My dear red beans, I wish you peace and joy in your life. , never worry about it.”
Inscription: There may never be a future Fan Heng.
Hongdou held the letter with trembling hands and read it four or five times in a row…
She couldn’t believe it was true anyway!
The rest of the family had already learned the general content of the letter from Taotao, and couldn’t help but look at Hongdou very distressed.
Tan Fenghui sighed: “It’s said that the poor’s children are in charge early! So Xiao Fan… knows exactly what he wants. He knows that he is not suitable for Hongdou, and he doesn’t want to drag Hongdou…”
Bai Dongsheng said softly, “Don’t say a few words, the child is feeling uncomfortable!”
Tang Liren whispered: “Xiao Fan is not from here. It seems that he and his sister live here. Now that he is gone, he must have no one to take care of his sister. It should be a little girl about the same age as Hongdou. If we can help , just help her!”
Tao Tao said, “I’ll go to Xiuxiu tomorrow, you all have to go to work, I’m an idler!”
Xing Xing, “I’ll go with Fourth Sister!”
Tang Liren urged everyone to rest quickly.
Tan Fenghui couldn’t worry about red beans and stayed with her daughter all night.
And Hongdou took the letter and saw it in the early hours of the morning in a daze, and then burst into tears with a “wow”, “Mom! He doesn’t want me anymore! Woo, Fan Heng, he doesn’t want me anymore…”
Tan Fenghui was very distressed. She hugged her daughter tightly, just like when Hongdou was severely concussed by White Pearl and came home from the hospital. At that time, Hongdou lost part of her memory, but she always dreamed of the scene in which the white pearl fell to her in her sleep, so she had nightmares at night!
Tan Fenghui hugged her all night and coaxed her softly.
The same is true now.
“Hongdou, mother’s good boy…” Tan Fenghui breathed her daughter’s name softly and stroked her daughter’s back again and again.
Mom’s arms are too warm, and Mom’s voice is too gentle. Red Bean was tired from crying in her mother’s arms and fell asleep.
The next day, Taotao handed over the children to Song Zhi’s care, and she and Xing Xing were going to go to find Fan Heng’s sister Xiuxiu.
Red beans insist on going.
Looking at the haggard red bean covered in tears, Tao Tao wanted to persuade her to rest at home. But Hongdou wanted to go, and said that if Taotao and Xingxing wouldn’t let her go, she would go by herself.
Tan Fenghui also advised, “Tao Tao, take the red beans with you!”
Taotao no longer insisted, and together with Hongdou and Xingxing, found the Fan family.
The Fan brothers and sisters rented a firewood shed in the family compound of the Municipal Land and Resources Bureau.
It was a small windowless house, pitch black. There are two single beds in the room… to be precise, a single bed and a floor bunk. In addition, there is a table and a chair, and there is a five or six-story shelf in the corner, which is used by Xiuxiu as a wardrobe and a place to put pots and pans.
The only electrical appliances in the house were electric lights, and there was a coal stove at the door.
Xiuxiu is 16 years old this year, as old as a red bean, and earns a living by selling snacks in a black market stall.
When Taotao and the others arrived, Xiuxiu was sitting in front of her house and making noodles—she wanted to make fried dumplings, which cost 10 cents a piece, and could have 5 leeks and eggs, and she could earn 3 cents per serving. She can sell about 20 copies a night and earn 50 cents.
Seeing the red bean coming, Xiuxiu was very happy, “You are here, red bean? I’m making dumplings, so I’ll cook some for you first, okay?”
Red Bean shook his head.
She looked at Xiuxiu and wanted to say something…
It seems to be…
Nothing can be said.
On the other hand, Xiuxiu saw the red bean with tears on her face, and then looked at Tao Tao and Xing Xing who were with her. She seemed to have noticed something, and quickly asked, “Hong dou, yes, did something happen to my brother?”
Hongdou whimpered a few times and handed Fan Heng’s letter and photo to Xiuxiu.
Xiuxiu took it, turned it over and over with the letter paper, and said anxiously, “…What is written on this letter? I-I can’t read! Hongdou, did something happen to my brother?”
Red Bean cried uncontrollably.
Xiuxiu was even more afraid…
Tao Tao said: “Xiu Xiu, don’t worry, it’s like this… Your brother, he went to Hong Kong City.”
Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, “What? He, he went to Hong Kong City?”
Even if she is a country girl and can’t read a single character, she also knows that it is impossible for mainland people to go to Hong Kong City.
so–
Did her brother sneak away?
Xiuxiu’s face turned pale – she didn’t know much, and her thoughts were still stuck in this turbulent era. If her brother secretly went to Hong Kong City, I’m afraid she would also sit down. what to do? Is her brother okay now? Will the police come to arrest her? Why did my brother go to Hong Kong City? If the place was so easy to go to, wouldn’t everyone be robbed of their heads? !
God, what is she going to do!
Xiuxiu has six gods and no masters.
Taotao quickly appeased Xiuxiu, “Don’t be afraid, we won’t tell anyone about your brother. And your brother asked us to bring you 300 yuan…”
Yes, Fan Heng said in the letter that he sent 300 yuan back, 200 yuan to the Bai family, and the 100 yuan he earned was left to Xiuxiu. But Taotao felt that Xiuxiu was pitiful, and Xiuxiu was also a self-reliant girl.
Then give her three hundred dollars.
Xiuxiu’s tears also streamed down, and she kept bowing to Taotao and Xingxing, “Thank you!”
Then she looked at Hongdou again, the two of them were tearful, you look at me, I look at you—
In the end, Xiuxiu said to Hongdou: “I’m sorry, Hongdou, me, my brother… He must want to go there to make a lot of money, and come back and marry you beautifully… Hongdou, I’m sorry!” After speaking, Xiuxiu cried.
Hongdou shook his head, “He’s a prodigal son, and I’m…”
She suppressed her grief and said softly, “…I am Hongdou.”
Red beans are the most Acacia.
In a short period of time, Hongdou has experienced: worry (not recognized by the family) – joy (going out to relax) – despair (lovelorn), the whole person has become wilted and depressed all day long.
A young girl in bloom, who looks like a tree all day long, and everyone in her family is worried.
Tao Tao thought of a way, and proposed to let Red Bean follow her temporarily. Follow her to Kyoto first, she works, and let Hongdou help Feifei and Momo. And in Kyoto, red beans can go to Lili’s house to visit, so they won’t be too lonely.
When Hongdou finished the college entrance examination next year, went to report to the new school, started a new school life, and met new friends, he would be able to gradually forget Fan Heng.
Everyone in the family thinks this proposal is a good idea, and Hongdou is also willing to…
So Taotao and Song Zhi also ended their more than one month vacation in Songshi and were ready to pack their bags and return to Beijing.
She couldn’t help but complain to Song zhi, “Hey, tell me, will Fan Heng get along well in Hong Kong City in the future, and then become a big capitalist? Then come back to us Hongdou?”
Song Zhi, “Then it depends on Fan Heng’s ability.”
Taotao pouted, “Hmph, even if he comes back to find Hongdou, we Hongdou will not be able to deal with him anymore! This kind of person is too much!”
Song Zhi, “He’s also right. He knows that he and Hongdou are not suitable. It’s better for each other to separate sooner.”
After a pause, Song Zhi said to Taotao: “Hongdou is still young, she is only sixteen this year, she is a good girl, and there will be many opportunities to meet better people in the future… It’s the matter in front of you, more of you. Take care!”
Tao Tao asked curiously, “What’s the matter?”
Song Zhi sighed, “What else could it be? Song Sui and Xing Xing!”
Hearing this, Tao Tao supported her forehead.